YALSA launches Teen Read Week, setting aside the third week In October to encourage teens to read for the fun of it

OLOS Advisory Committee
established the Jean E. Coleman
Library Outreach Lecture, with a
featured speaker addressing
outreach to traditionally underserved
populations, at Annual Conference.
ALA published Information Power:
Building Partnerships for Learning,
school library media program
guidelines prepared jointly by
AASL and AECT. The guidelines
were tied to AASL's Information
Literacy Standards for Student
Learning.

ALA Council approved ALA's 5 Key
Action Areas (reapproved annually)

AASL began publication of
Knowledge Quest .
AASL collaborated with the
Alliance for Curriculum Reform in
the development of the National
Study of School Evaluation's
(NSSE) guide for program
evaluation of school library media
services -- Program Evaluation:
Library Media Services, one
volume of the study's Indicators of
Quality Program Evaluation
series.

1999 ALA convened the 1st Congress on
Professional Education, focusing in
initial preparation for librarianship.
The ALA Washington Office/OITP
initiated a copyright education
program.
ALA Council adopted the statement
Libraries: An American Value.
ACRL launched the annual 3-day
Immersion Program to enhance
teaching skills and develop campuswide
information literacy programs.